Dora Friedly was born on September 9, 1888, in Tully Township of Van Wert County, Ohio. She was the oldest of five children of Charles and Catherine "Kate" (Frey) Friedly. Her parents were both emigrants, Charles from Switzerland and Kate from Canada. The family lived one mile southeast of Convoy where Charles managed a farm and nursery. Dora was a 1906 graduate of Tully-Convoy High School.
Dora's two oldest brothers, Arthur and Emanuel, served in the U.S. Army during the Great War. Her sister, Hilda, married Ottis Kilgore after he returned from the War. Her youngest brother, Glenn, served in the Army during the Second World War. Arthur later worked as an industrial arts teacher, Emanuel as a clerk for the railroad, and Glenn as a mechanic in Kilgore Brothers' Garage in Convoy. Glenn married an elementary school teacher, Irene Kirchner, in 1946.
Dora never married and, with her father dying in 1932, lived at home with her mother, brother Glenn, and a lodger and farmhand named Timothy Ramsey. Dora was active in the Convoy Degree of Pocahontas, the women's auxiliary of the I.O.R.M. (Improved Order of Red Men), an American fraternal order. Because of her family's military service, she was also active in the women's Auxiliary Unit of the Convoy American Legion Post.
Dora was killed in an auto crash near Middle Point, Ohio in the evening of February 1, 1942. She was 53 years old. Her funeral was held at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Convoy, and she is buried in the I.O.O.F. cemetery alongside her parents.
Dora was the author of the History of Tully Township and Convoy, Ohio written in 1940. Her sister-in-law and husband of Emanuel, Julia (Montgomery) Friedly, was an elementary school teacher and author of Let's Hear it for Convoy, a local history book commemorating the centennial of Convoy in 1974.
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References
Lima News, Lima, Ohio
United States Federal Census
Van Wert Daily Bulletin, Van Wert, Ohio
Ohio, Roster of Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in World War I, 1917-1918
Dora Friedly was born on September 9, 1888, in Tully Township of Van Wert County, Ohio. She was the oldest of five children of Charles and Catherine "Kate" (Frey) Friedly. Her parents were both emigrants, Charles from Switzerland and Kate from Canada. The family lived one mile southeast of Convoy where Charles managed a farm and nursery. Dora was a 1906 graduate of Tully-Convoy High School.
Dora's two oldest brothers, Arthur and Emanuel, served in the U.S. Army during the Great War. Her sister, Hilda, married Ottis Kilgore after he returned from the War. Her youngest brother, Glenn, served in the Army during the Second World War. Arthur later worked as an industrial arts teacher, Emanuel as a clerk for the railroad, and Glenn as a mechanic in Kilgore Brothers' Garage in Convoy. Glenn married an elementary school teacher, Irene Kirchner, in 1946.
Dora never married and, with her father dying in 1932, lived at home with her mother, brother Glenn, and a lodger and farmhand named Timothy Ramsey. Dora was active in the Convoy Degree of Pocahontas, the women's auxiliary of the I.O.R.M. (Improved Order of Red Men), an American fraternal order. Because of her family's military service, she was also active in the women's Auxiliary Unit of the Convoy American Legion Post.
Dora was killed in an auto crash near Middle Point, Ohio in the evening of February 1, 1942. She was 53 years old. Her funeral was held at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Convoy, and she is buried in the I.O.O.F. cemetery alongside her parents.
Dora was the author of the History of Tully Township and Convoy, Ohio written in 1940. Her sister-in-law and husband of Emanuel, Julia (Montgomery) Friedly, was an elementary school teacher and author of Let's Hear it for Convoy, a local history book commemorating the centennial of Convoy in 1974.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qJUw-OZMxEdb4V0xnll_Fr7rMbf5zosc/view?usp=sharing
References
Lima News, Lima, Ohio
United States Federal Census
Van Wert Daily Bulletin, Van Wert, Ohio
Ohio, Roster of Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in World War I, 1917-1918
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